DAVID'S REVIEW OF THE BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE The Berean Study Bible was produced by a team of six scholars from Bible Hub. While the Bible Hub website has many study tools, the printed Berean Study Bible in book form itself had no study Bible notes or maps that a traditional study Bible would have, so the BSB was renamed the Berean Standard Bible to clear up any confusion. While a small group of translators has a set of disadvantages, there are advantages as well. Small groups mean more consistent writing styles. In addition, the BSB translation team tested out the BSB to large groups of people and were open to suggestions. The BSB is on the literalness spectrum between the 2020 New American Standard Bible and the Christian Standard Bible. It is slightly closer to the NASB 2020 in literary style and readable like the CSB, though the NASB 2020 is much more readable than the 1995 edition. While the English in the BSB is modern and smooth reading, the language is formal and traditional without causing any difficulty in readability, not unlike the 1984 New International Version. The BSB borrows some idioms from the NIV. The BSB does an excellent job with Biblical poetry, preserving the beauty of such writings as Psalm 23. While the BSB uses modern English, it is not plain or bland sounding, something that I noticed and disliked in the CSB in what was otherwise a very accurate translation. There is no gender-inclusive or gender-neutral language in the BSB. Where the BSB shines is in the textual manuscript footnotes, which are similar but more comprehensive than those of the New King James Version. The BSB points out differences between the BSB text and other sources as the Septuagint, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Textus Receptus, the Critical Text, Majority Text, Westcott-Hort, and more sources. Unlike the NKJV, which uses the Textus Receptus for its New Testament, the BSB uses the Critical Text. I believe the Critical Text is superior as it uses over 5700 manuscripts, as opposed to less than ten for the Textus Receptus. The Critical Text manuscripts are also centuries older than those of the Textus Receptus. The Berean Standard BIble is a public domain work, meaning it is not copyrighted. It can be freely copied and that is why many have made audio Bibles with the BSB on YouTube. The translators, in addition to the Berean Standard Bible, have produced a Majority Text New Testament, and literal and interlinear New Testaments. I have an interactive outline of each work. Overall, I think the Berean Standard Bible is faithful to the Hebrew and Greek, and is a joy to read. When a Bible translation is accurate and I pick it up and do not want to put it down, that is a good sign that it is a good work. I think that Bible Hub did an excellent job with both the BSB and the Bible Hub website, which surrounds the BSB with many useful Bible study tools. Bible Hub Berean Standard Bible Official Website My Berean Standard Bible Outline Page My Berean Literal Bible Outline Page My Berean Interlinear Bible Outline Page My Berean Septuagint and Majority Standard Bible Outline Page Bible Hub Outline of the Berean Standard Bible